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US5632431AExpiredUtilityPatentIndex 96

Nail magazine of nail stapler

Priority: Nov 16, 1995Filed: Nov 16, 1995Granted: May 27, 1997
Est. expiryNov 16, 2015(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:LIN JOSEPH
B25C 5/1644B25C 5/1658B25C 1/005
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Claims

Abstract

A nail magazine of nail stapler comprises a main body, a cap, a nail pushing member, an end plate member and a cover plate. The nail magazine is provided with a receiving slot for accommodating the U-shaped nails, a linear slot for accommodating the single-legged nails having a head, and a linear groove for accommodating the single-legged nails without a head. The nail magazine can also accommodate nails of various lengths.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A nail magazine of a nail stapler, which comprises: a main body provided with a rib;   a cap fastened with said main body to form therebetween slots for receiving therein nails;   a nail pushing member disposed in a nail magazine and composed of a nail pushing piece, a resilient element and a roller, said nail pushing piece being disposed on said rib of said main body such that said nail pushing piece is urged by said resilient element;   an end plate member fastened at one end of said nail magazine; and   a cover plate fastened at said one end of said nail magazine;   wherein said main body has a T-shaped cross section, a bottom with said rib extending from said bottom, said bottom provided axially with a left piece and a right piece which are separated from said rib by a predetermined interval and are provided respectively at a top thereof with a connection portion;   wherein said cap has an inverted L-shaped cross section, an upright body and a horizontal body extending from a top of said upright body, said horizontal body having axially a protruded strip forming a space between said protruded strip and an inner side of said upright body, said upright body and said horizontal body provided respectively with an insertion slot;   wherein said main body and said cap are joined together such that said connection portions of said left piece and said right piece of said main body are engaged with said insertion slots of said upright body and said horizontal body of said cap, and that said rib of said main body is located in said space, and further that said rib, said upright body, said horizontal body and said protruded strip form a receiving slot of an inverted U-shaped construction, and still further that said rib and said upright body form therebetween a linear slot;   wherein said roller of said nail pushing member is fastened pivotally with said right piece of said main body such that said roller is separated from said rib by a predetermined distance; and   wherein said linear slot is provided in side walls thereof with a plurality of slots for accommodating nails of various lengths.   
     
     
       2. The nail magazine as defined in claim 1 further comprising a limiting piece fastened to an inner side of said right piece of said main body such that said limiting piece is located under said protruded strip of said cap, and that said limiting piece is parallel to said rib of said main body to form a linear groove with said rib. 
     
     
       3. The nail magazine as defined in claim 1, wherein said main body comprises a body having an L-shaped cross section, and a piece having a cross section which is a mirror image of said L-shaped cross section of said body of said main body, said body being fastened at a bottom thereof with an upper side of a bottom of said piece. 
     
     
       4. The nail magazine as defined in claim 1, wherein said end plate member comprises a cruciform muzzle plate and an inverted U-shaped face plate, said muzzle plate provided at a top edge thereof with a rib and at a bottom edge thereof with a mouth, said muzzle plate fastened with said main body such that said rib of said muzzle plate is corresponding in location to said rib of said main body, said rib of said muzzle plate provided with a plurality of recesses corresponding in location to said grooves of said rib of said main body, said mouth of said muzzle plate located below said nail magazine main body, said face plate having a left body, a rectangular aperture and a right body, said face plate being fastened with said cap such that a recessed portion of said left body of said face plate is corresponding in location to said insertion slot of said upright body of said cap, and that said rectangular aperture of said face plate contains said rib of said muzzle plate, so as to form inside said end plate member an inverted U-shaped gap for ensuring structural integrity of said inverted U-shaped receiving slot and said linear slot.

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